Andy Mukherjee – Author, NDTV.com

Paytm Fiasco Shows the RBI Doesn't Understand Payments

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday February 06, 2024

The RBI could have handled the crisis at Paytm better. In barring the company from onboarding new customers from February 29, it has triggered a crisis of confidence among crores of users

Opinion: Disney's Sales To Reliance Will Follow Rupert Murdoch's Logic

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday October 26, 2023

A new class of competition is disrupting legacy media in the world's most-populous nation, leading to a second change in the ownership of a popular franchise in four years. Rupert Murdoch was the first to see the threat. Now it's Bob Iger's turn.

Opinion: RBI Caught Between Tomatoes and Cookies

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday August 11, 2023

Food prices in India are sending confusing signals - cookies are becoming more affordable, but meals are turning more expensive.

Opinion: HDFC Merger Will Leave India's Banks Gasping

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday July 06, 2023

When the remaking of India's socialist financial landscape began in 1993, very few people believed in the project - some of the 40 applications to set up new private-sector banks were so frivolous that they were written on postcards.

Opinion: Bengaluru Should Listen To Sam Altman's Advice On AI

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday June 30, 2023

India's tech industry is being less than bold in embracing artificial intelligence. Its hoping to create solutions for corporate clients by building on top of somebody elses investment in foundational technologies.

Opinion: India Is Once Again Making Money A Plaything

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday May 26, 2023

When it comes to money, ignorance is bliss. For the second time in recent years, India seems to have disregarded this maxim.

Opinion: Bengaluru Can't Deal With SVB If It Is Stuck In Traffic

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday April 10, 2023

Bengaluru has been dealt a terrible hand by politicians. India's software powerhouse earned its spurs by managing tech for global multinationals. Now it's even shielding local startups from the falling debris in US banking.

Opinion: Bengaluru Reads Your X-Ray. Chennai May Train Your Doctor

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday April 03, 2023

India's capabilities in software are entering a new phase. The industry that came into its own at the turn of the millennium has remained fixated on providing outsourced services at a fraction of code-writing cos

Opinion: Gautam Adani Strikes Back. Can He Win The Perception War?

By Andy Mukherjee | Monday January 30, 2023

Gautam Adani, the tycoon under attack by a New York-based short-seller, has outdone his accuser 4:1: The rebuttal put out by his group Sunday night in India runs into 413 pages.

Opinion: Slowdown Hits India's Notoriously Budget-Conscious Consumer

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday January 24, 2023

Manufacturing of wants is hard anywhere for marketers, but the challenge is bigger when the bottom half of the population takes home only 13% of national income.

Opinion: Budget 2023 - What To Expect From PM Modi

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Friday January 20, 2023

PM Modi's core economic agenda is to promote India as a rival manufacturing destination to China. He has sought to achieve this by incentivizing private factory expenditure and allocating more state resources to infrastructure, particularly rail and road. uncertain global demand and lackluster domestic consumption may keep a lid on private investment. The Indian gov...